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8 November 2005

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Stories from 8 November 2005

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Video blog: The Liberian Refugees of Buduburam

Written by Andy Carvin · Sub-Saharan Africa

Refugees

Video documentary of my July 2005 visit to the Liberian refugee camp in Buduburam, Ghana. I learn about the challenges faced by Liberians forced to flee their homeland, as well as some of the training programs available to them. I visit one of the camp's telecentres, as well as an women's literacy support group. Music used with permission of Alula Records.
Nine minutes, 50 megabytes.

Low-res version (20 megabytes):
http://www.andycarvin.com/video/refugees-low.mov

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News about Iranian Blogs: Filtering, New book and Ramadan

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

In Iran, government is privatising filtering! A company, “Delta Global”, gets exclusivity from Iranian government to impose filtering on virtual world. Irony of story is that American softwares are used...

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Voices from Zimbabwe Plus

Written by Zimpundit · Sub-Saharan Africa

This is your weekly roundup of the latest from the Burundi, DRC, Malawi, Rwanda and Zimbabwe blogospheres.

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